Cleaner chiefly for smokers&#39; pipes, cigarette tubes, and the like



Sept. ,8. 1925.

HOLMER CLEANER CHIEFLY FOR SMOKERS PIPES AND THE LIKE CIGARETTE TUBES Filed March 14, 1924 Patented Sept. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERS HOLMER, OF STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

CLEANER CHIEFLY FOR SMOKERS PIPES, CIGARETTE TUBES, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 14, 1924. Serial No. 699,203.

To all whom. it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANDERS HOLMER, a subject of the, King of Sweden, residing at Stockholm, Sweden, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cleaners Chiefly for Smokers Pipes, Cigarette Tubes, and the like, of which the following is a specification. 7

This invention relates to cleaners for smokers pipes, cigarette tubes, cigar holders and the like and other bored articles.

Known pipe cleaners consist of two lengths of wires twisted together with cotton or like between same and are pushed through the bore of the pipe or the like which is often diflicult especially if the bore is small, and the cleaner will buckle, further such cleaners are usually only usable once and must thereupon be thrown away and wasted.

The object of the present invention is to construct an improved cleaning device whereby the cotton or yarn is separate from the device but can be secured thereto for cleaning purposes.

The invention consists in a cleaning needle by which a cotton yarn, soft twine or the like can be drawn or pushed through the bore and after cleaning same can be detached from the needle and thrown away thereby only wasting the yarn twine or the like.

My invention will be clearly understood from the following description aided by the annexed drawing which illustrates examples of carrying my invention into effect, and in which Figure 1 is a side view and Figure 2 a plan of a needle device constructed according to one example of my invention.

Figures 3, 4, and 5 are side views of various forms of constructing the eyes or loops of the needle device;

Figure 6 illustrates the cleaner in position for cleaning a mouthpiece and Figure 7 for cleaning the bowl of a pipe.

The needle device consists of a length of spring steel wire 1, 2 or other suitable metal of the desired thickness bent and having the ends secured together or to a button or holder 3 as will be seen in Figures 1 and 2.

Near the point or bent over portion of the wire 1, 2 th wire is bent, twisted or provided with projections which form a round, oval or other shaped closed springy eye or loop 4. In Figure 3 the wire 1, 2 is formed with inwardly projecting kinks 5, 6 which in normal position and through the springiness of the wire abut against each other and form the eye or loop 4.

Various other ways may be employed for forming the eye or loop for instance the wire 1, 2 may be formed with one kink 7 as will be understood from Figure 4, or projections 9 may be formed with or attached to the wire 1, 2 as in Figure 5 or any other suitable means may be: employed to form a springy eye or loop.

In use and for cleaning say a mouth piece as in Figure 6, the wire 1, 2 is passed through the bore and a length of cotton yarn, soft twine 10, 11 or the like is passed through the opening 12 between the wire 1, 2 and the ends 10, 11 grasped by the fingers and pulled downwards and forced between the kinks, projections or the like into the eye or loop 4. The needle device is then drawn back out of the mouth piece pulling the cotton yarn or the like 10, 11 with it which will absorb the nicotine and clean the bore and can then be pulled out and thrown away.

For cleaning the bowl preferably after the cotton yarn or the like has been positioned in the eye or loop 4 the ends 10, 11 are grasped near the button or handle 3 and the loop 4 and wires and cotton yarn pushed into the bore as will be seen in Figure 7, the kinks or the like preventing the cotton yarn leaving the eye or loop 4 in which it will be held fast.

Having now particularly described th nature of my invention and the manner of its operation, what I claim is:

A pipe cleaning device, comprising a spring wire bent upon itself to form a loop and having its ends connected together, the loop portion being provided with an eye normally spring closed at one side thereof and adapted to be opened by pressure tending to spread the wires of the loop apart.

In testimony .whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ANDERS HOLMER. 

